Sounds Like Bin Laden's Dead

midnight rain · 05-03-2011, 11:56 AM

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Originally Posted by Neapolitan

Not if it is a rhetorical question. So there no need to bring into question whether or not English is a strong suit or a weak suit.

I made that post. I can certify it wasn't rhetorical, I thought the context was clear enough but apparently not. I'm saying this for the last time because I made the post and know what I meant by it.

I want to know who the lady was, and what she was doing in that house.

Neapolitan · 05-03-2011, 08:21 PM

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Originally Posted by Tuna

I made that post. I can certify it wasn't rhetorical, I thought the context was clear enough but apparently not. I'm saying this for the last time because I made the post and know what I meant by it. I want to know who the lady was, and what she was doing in that house.

I don't know who really knows, to quote U.S. official John Brennan

"This is hours old and the full facts are still being ascertained as those involved are debriefed."

storymilo · 05-03-2011, 08:52 PM

So there are people around me saying things like , "oh it's only going to make al qaeda more angry and provoke another attack." Do you guys think this is really possible? I can't imagine them hating us more or putting more effort into hurting us, but I haven't extensively researched the topic.

CanwllCorfe · 05-03-2011, 09:44 PM

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Originally Posted by storymilo

So there are people around me saying things like , "oh it's only going to make al qaeda more angry and provoke another attack." Do you guys think this is really possible? I can't imagine them hating us more or putting more effort into hurting us, but I haven't extensively researched the topic.

I personally think the chance is higher, but who knows.

TheBig3 · 05-03-2011, 09:49 PM

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Originally Posted by storymilo

So there are people around me saying things like , "oh it's only going to make al qaeda more angry and provoke another attack." Do you guys think this is really possible? I can't imagine them hating us more or putting more effort into hurting us, but I haven't extensively researched the topic.

This is a serious question: Is there something that makes them attack less?

Stephen · 05-03-2011, 10:17 PM

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Originally Posted by TheBig3

waiving flags

I'm guessing this was a typo but I like it.

storymilo · 05-03-2011, 10:33 PM

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Originally Posted by TheBig3

This is a serious question: Is there something that makes them attack less?

Bin Laden did release a list of demands a while ago, but he also declared a jihad against us, so I'm not sure complying with them would have helped.

Neapolitan · 05-03-2011, 10:53 PM

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This is a serious question: Is there something that makes them attack less?

Nothing can make them attack less. There have been thousands of terrorist attacks throughout the world since 9/11/2001. The the attack are indiscriminate of religion and ethnicity. The victims are can belong to any religion: Coptic Orthodox, Protestant, Baha'i, Sufi, Buddhism or Hinduism etc. I heard someone speak or terrorism on a news channel, and they mention there are two enemies for the terrorist, the "near" and the "far." The near enemy are those within the category of islamic religions, if the terrorist are Wahhabist then they fight against mulsims not inline with them, who are heretical to them. There are times Sufis are are under attack, and the Baha'i Faith has suffered a lot of persecution. And there are far enemies like America and Europe. Whether or not the enemies can fit in those two categories, I don't, if there are able to fight against people who are similar to them (as far as religion and culture) what would be the reason for them not to fight and attack the West?

djchameleon · 05-04-2011, 12:03 AM

If they were smart, they would back down and not attack now while we are on high alert, that's plain stupid.

Whatever they have planned is going to get stopped.

They should wait a little while...maybe a few months , maybe a few years til we have become comfortable again.

Then rattle our nerves with another attack.

crash_override · 05-04-2011, 12:08 AM

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This is a serious question: Is there something that makes them attack less?

I think so, just like any militant organization, they have a morale which can be good or poor depending on circumstances. Obviously things like the killing of an important leader like OBL can light a fire under these guys and get them trigger happy and blood thirsty, where as prior to Osama's departure, they were indifferent or perhaps even questioning his motives. Osama bin Laden is in a place as a leader now where few have been, he's in a position where he can no longer make mistakes, he's a martyr. Every word he's ever spoken is now engraved in gold to all his followers, it's gospel. This event isn't going to disband or even slow the terrorist movement, if anything it could re-ignite it.

I'm along with the people who believe this action could result in retaliation, based on their past actions, the idea fits their profile.

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storymilo Music Addict Join Date: Jun 2009 Posts: 1,845	So there are people around me saying things like , "oh it's only going to make al qaeda more angry and provoke another attack." Do you guys think this is really possible? I can't imagine them hating us more or putting more effort into hurting us, but I haven't extensively researched the topic.